Maria arrived last Friday night and we stayed busy the whole time she was here. Saturday morning we took a brisk walk, had a leisurely breakfast and then took to the stores for the rest of the afternoon. We got drawer pulls for the updated bathroom (see previous post). They look great now. We made a nice dinner and then had a late night burn in our backyard. We were bundled up but warm, by the fire.
Sunday I got up early for a long run (I’m training for a 25K in February). I had a great run and was home before Maria woke up—she was all comfy in bed. We sat at the kitchen island and chatted as I made a quick breakfast. Once we got ready we took a trip to Bass Pro for some discounted merchandise, thanks to Jay. Maria and I had a nice lunch together and then were off to Branson. We toured the new Titanic museum for two hours and got to see the grand staircase remake, china, moldy lifejackets, old paperwork, and lots of cheesy ice burg models. It was really enjoyable, much to our surprise. From there we happened to find an Andy’s Frozen Custard for late afternoon snack. Yummy. After a stop at the Hanes and Vanity Fair outlet store, we made our way home. Jay was making smoked ribs for dinner. Yum. We stuffed ourselves as sat at the table, laughed, and told stories on each other to see who could tell the worst story of the other person. But it also led to an interesting discussion about who remembered more and why. Jay took it all in. Off to bed. School on Monday.
Maria visited my class, spent some time in my office grading and hanging out. Then we had a nice dinner outside--pizza and beer on the porch of an old house. Very enjoyable. Tuesday we got up and chatted all morning; as we got ready, as we drove to the airport and as we waited for her flight to start to board. The bestfriends weekend was awesome.
2 comments:
Hello Gals... Sounds like you had a wonderful girlie adventure! I think Charles and I saw the same Titanic exhibit. Did it have a giant piece of ice the same temperature of the water when the ship sank?
no, this is a permanent museum in Branson now. There were probably very similar artifacts as what you saw though. They had a bowl of water that was supposed to be as cold as the water they were floating in.
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